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D,DoubleD said...
Two years ago what should have been another high point for UK was levelled by fan negativity, as UK beat Spurrier. Seems things have just not gained any momentum since then. Even with a great win over UT, it's sort of a step sideways since the scheme used does not resemble anything close to the ideal scheme the staff wants to run.
Is it possible UK missed the boat on the multipurpose QB led offense? Was that a ship that UK should have boarded with more determination when Brooks came in? Was the Pulley situation the hole in the dike? Should they have switched over to that when they had a huge playmaker in Cobb, then recruited to that strength for his sophomore and junior years, getting the offense ready for Newton and those to follow?
Will closed practices further deflate the spring game and interest/hype in football, or will it help in any way?
Does it hurt Joker with fans and the media that he said when Brooks was HC, "if it were up to him, ALL practices would be open", then has made spring access less open to the public AND media than his predecessor? Does it not matter because only a few hand-fulls of diehard football fans and the media go anyway now that the hype is nearly gone?
What does it say about the program that UL can put that many fannies in the seats for a spring game, and UK's will be less than an after thought for most?
What does it take for UK to realize that this Saturday hasn't been, still won't be, and may never be the best day to have this "football game? This Thursday evening, Friday night, or even Sunday day would be better than this Saturday. It seems UK always has a real tough time getting all their schedules coordinated and times arranged so that UK sports fans can enjoy 2 or 3 competitions on a single day, instead of choosing between them all.
I'll let y'all get back to your basketball coverage. Sorry to interrupt...
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D,DoubleD said...
Two years ago what should have been another high point for UK was levelled by fan negativity, as UK beat Spurrier. Seems things have just not gained any momentum since then. Even with a great win over UT, it's sort of a step sideways since the scheme used does not resemble anything close to the ideal scheme the staff wants to run.
Is it possible UK missed the boat on the multipurpose QB led offense? Was that a ship that UK should have boarded with more determination when Brooks came in? Was the Pulley situation the hole in the dike? Should they have switched over to that when they had a huge playmaker in Cobb, then recruited to that strength for his sophomore and junior years, getting the offense ready for Newton and those to follow?
Will closed practices further deflate the spring game and interest/hype in football, or will it help in any way?
Does it hurt Joker with fans and the media that he said when Brooks was HC, "if it were up to him, ALL practices would be open", then has made spring access less open to the public AND media than his predecessor? Does it not matter because only a few hand-fulls of diehard football fans and the media go anyway now that the hype is nearly gone?
What does it say about the program that UL can put that many fannies in the seats for a spring game, and UK's will be less than an after thought for most?
What does it take for UK to realize that this Saturday hasn't been, still won't be, and may never be the best day to have this "football game? This Thursday evening, Friday night, or even Sunday day would be better than this Saturday. It seems UK always has a real tough time getting all their schedules coordinated and times arranged so that UK sports fans can enjoy 2 or 3 competitions on a single day, instead of choosing between them all.
I'll let y'all get back to your basketball coverage. Sorry to interrupt...
This post was edited by UKlaw82 on 4/19/2012 at 10:11 PM
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D,DoubleD said...
Two years ago what should have been another high point for UK was levelled by fan negativity, as UK beat Spurrier. Seems things have just not gained any momentum since then. Even with a great win over UT, it's sort of a step sideways since the scheme used does not resemble anything close to the ideal scheme the staff wants to run.
Is it possible UK missed the boat on the multipurpose QB led offense? Was that a ship that UK should have boarded with more determination when Brooks came in? Was the Pulley situation the hole in the dike? Should they have switched over to that when they had a huge playmaker in Cobb, then recruited to that strength for his sophomore and junior years, getting the offense ready for Newton and those to follow?
Will closed practices further deflate the spring game and interest/hype in football, or will it help in any way?
Does it hurt Joker with fans and the media that he said when Brooks was HC, "if it were up to him, ALL practices would be open", then has made spring access less open to the public AND media than his predecessor? Does it not matter because only a few hand-fulls of diehard football fans and the media go anyway now that the hype is nearly gone?
What does it say about the program that UL can put that many fannies in the seats for a spring game, and UK's will be less than an after thought for most?
What does it take for UK to realize that this Saturday hasn't been, still won't be, and may never be the best day to have this "football game? This Thursday evening, Friday night, or even Sunday day would be better than this Saturday. It seems UK always has a real tough time getting all their schedules coordinated and times arranged so that UK sports fans can enjoy 2 or 3 competitions on a single day, instead of choosing between them all.
I'll let y'all get back to your basketball coverage. Sorry to interrupt...
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tWhit said...
Things have happened. Mistakes have been made. They happen everywhere. So give it a rest and lets start to create some positive momentum. Believe it or not we can create positive momentum on our own as fans. The guys that are in this program now don't need the burden of a bunch of sore butt fans.
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Catmando said...
^I don't agree. If we beat UL, or even play them close, we create positive momentum. If we lose by more than one score and look terrible doing it, all hope for momentum will be lost. Uk definitely has the ability to creat positive momentum for itself starting game #1, but imo, the fans have absolutely nothing to do with it. It's all riding on the coaches and players.
I understand why some of you get sick of hearing people complain all the time, but I don't understand those of you that ignore our obvious weaknesses and act like everything is all hunky dory in UK football. Trust me, I wish with all my heart and soul that we would become competitive, and would rejoice if it was Joker that got us to become competitive, but to pretend everything is great when it's not is just setting yourself up for dissapointment. The only way to fix a problem is to admit there is a problem. I'm not confident the powers that be have ever really faced that fact about football, and that's why those of us that some of you call the LOD complain.
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Catmando said...
I understand why some of you get sick of hearing people complain all the time, but I don't understand those of you that ignore our obvious weaknesses and act like everything is all hunky dory in UK football. Trust me, I wish with all my heart and soul that we would become competitive, and would rejoice if it was Joker that got us to become competitive, but to pretend everything is great when it's not is just setting yourself up for dissapointment. The only way to fix a problem is to admit there is a problem. I'm not confident the powers that be have ever really faced that fact about football, and that's why those of us that some of you call the LOD complain.
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JHB4UK said...
Meh, maybe they do. When they see that only a smattering of fans care enough to show for the Spring game it will piss them all off to work 2X as hard this summer in workouts and informal player-organized practices. Dupree has already voiced some of that attitude that this team might need, the "nobody believes in us but us!" viewpoint can be a motivator that causes a team to do far better than they normally would.
For sure this team cannot hope to win more than 3 games if this summer's work effort is as awful/terrible/lazy like last year's was.
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ajp40505 said...
The whole tone of the team is set by the head coach. There is no player on any college team that creates a greater impact on the success or failure of the team than the head coach. All the momentum gained from the Rich Brooks years is gone, so now we have to start the process again once we get a competent head coach. If we succeed it will be in spite of Mitch mistakes.
This post was edited by bigcatinva on 4/20/2012 at 11:18 AM
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JHB4UK said...
Meh, maybe they do. When they see that only a smattering of fans care enough to show for the Spring game it will piss them all off to work 2X as hard this summer in workouts and informal player-organized practices. Dupree has already voiced some of that attitude that this team might need, the "nobody believes in us but us!" viewpoint can be a motivator that causes a team to do far better than they normally would.
For sure this team cannot hope to win more than 3 games if this summer's work effort is as awful/terrible/lazy like last year's was.
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